Improvement in receptacle for measuring out shot



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nzIiA o. cAuLnroMor roar nunon, MICHIGAN, AssIcNon 'ro WILLIAM iSTEWART, Ve co., or` SAME rLAcn i Letters `Patent No.` 105,641, elatedJuly 26, 1870.

A IMPROVEMENT IN RECEPTAQLE PoR MEASURINGQT sHoT.

` The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making partei thesame i ence marked thereon, and heilig a part of this spec- 4ihcat1on,.in`which-`- "Figurel is a perspective lof the front of mydevice; Figure 2 is a similar viewof the opposite side; and

"Figure 3, a transverse vertical' section of the device, i

on theliue a; :1: in figs. 1 and 2.

Like letters refer-to like parts in each ligure.

The nature of this invention relates to the construction of a case forholding and measuring shot, and is more especiallydesigned for the useof retailers of that article.v I

The invention consists in a new and ingenious ar y rangement of thevarious parts for laccomplishing the desired object, as more `fullyhereinafter explained.

gInthe accompanying"drawing- A represents a case, preferably of sheetmetal, which maybe made as ornamental or plain as desired.

l Within this case are arranged,`side by side, a series of compartments,B, more or less, as occasion may require, the lowerportionsof which arefunnetshaped, as shown at ,and terminate with anorice, b, somewhatsmaller than the tubeiG, into which said orifice opeis. i

The lower ends of the tubes C project throughthe sides of the case A, asshown in fig. 2. A lever, D, is pivoted in any suitable manner to thc`side of the tube C, andis connect-ed with the valveslides (L d', whichhave a horizontal movement through the slots It t'iinthe side ofthetube, and which, when closed,`"il1 the crosssctionof'the tube, andprevent the shot from running out.y i

` E is a spring, secured to the side ofthe tube above thefulcrum-standard F, to which the lever is pivotecl, and in its operationcompels the valve-slide d to close 'the tube, while it withdraws thevalve-slide l from the tube, until the stem H, (one end of which restsagainst the upper end of the lever D while the otherend projects throughthe side of the case A, and is` provided with a suitable head orbuttonfor the purpose,) is pressed inward by the operator, when t-lieposition of the valve-slide is reversed, thereby cutting off the iow ofshot from the 'compartment B into thetnbe O, and

allowing the `shot in the tube to run out into a sut"y able bagA at the'mouth K of the tube.

The slide-valves cl d should be placed at such distances, one above theother, that the space in the tube B between said valves should hold agiven weight of shot, say, one pound, or moi'e,`or less.

The case should be provided with a proper' cover,` K, which, beingremoved, will allow the various compartments to bc filled with the shotto be sold, while a small quantity of the same size should be placed inthe corresponding samplefeases L, which should be covered with a glass,to prevent the shot contained therein from being mixed by carelesshandling.

These sample-cases or boxes are rigidly secured vto the front of thecase, aiidshould be numbered or lettered, to poi-respond with theinterior compartments B and the stems H, which project through theopposite side of the ease.

. lVhat I claim as my invention, aiid'desireto se months K projectingthrough said case, in combination with the stein H, the Alever I), thespringE, land the valve-slides d d', when constructed as described andshown, and as and for the purposes set forth.

EZRA G. GARLETON. Witnesses: SAM. J. SPRAY,

FREDERICK Enniirs.

